Charts of 142 patients who underwent standard phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia between March and August 2016 were reviewed. The pain during phacoemulsification and 1 h after surgery was assessed and compared using a visual analog scale.
Patients scheduled for elective phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation with the Infiniti Vision System (Alcon, Fort Worth, USA) were included. All operations were performed in Kyungpook National University Hospital by the same surgeon between March and August 2016.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
142
The device device used to provide and perform small profile entry for cataract extraction with or without option of insertion of a specified intraocular lens implant
Kyungpook national university hospital
Daegu, Samduk-2ga, Jung-gu, South Korea
Pain score assessed with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured. A third person assessed subjective pain using a pain visual analog scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable) after surgery.
Time frame: 1 hour after the end of surgery
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